HIMALAYA CALLING The Origins of and U020hc_9781938134593_tp.indd 1 5/2/15 5:14 pm May 2, 2013 14:6 BC: 8831 - Probability and Statistical Theory PST˙ws This page intentionally left blank HIMALAYA CALLING The Origins of and Tan Chung Institute of Chinese Studies, India World Century U020hc_9781938134593_tp.indd 2 5/2/15 5:14 pm Published by World Century Publishing Corporation 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. HIMALAYA CALLING The Origins of China and India Copyright © 2015 by World Century Publishing Corporation All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN 978-1-938134-59-3 In-house Editor: Sandhya Venkatesh Typeset by Stallion Press Email:
[email protected] Printed in Singapore Sandhya - Himalaya Calling.indd 1 18/3/2015 4:57:45 PM 9”x 6” b1937 Himalaya Calling: The Origins of China and India Dedicated to Ji Xianlin ᆓ㗑᷇ (1911–2009) Eternal Camaraderie in Chindia b1937_FM.indd v 3/10/2015 1:42:21 PM May 2, 2013 14:6 BC: 8831 - Probability and Statistical Theory PST˙ws This page intentionally left blank 9”x 6” b1937 Himalaya Calling: The Origins of China and India FOREWORD It is the historian’s constant endeavour to prevent the present from colour- ing our view of the past, but not vice versa.